Anyone have any incidents of there piranhas attacking them? do they attack humans?

[assortedsorts]

My rbp's run scared from anything that goes in the tank, hand, net, driftwood, plants...unless its stationary they hide.

 

[Diogenes]

My rbp's run scared from anything that goes in the tank, hand, net, driftwood, plants...unless its stationary they hide.

not piranhas but this dude got bitten by a vampire tetra:

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=206498

 

[Zebra]

Pirhanas bite in self-defense. They are timid and wont hesitate to bite if they feel cornered. They can give a nasty bite but it rarely does any permenent harm. There are no reported deaths from pirhanas eating people in the wild.

 

[xboroinc]

i have seen many attacks only a hand full in person. but many on sites. i think if u search hard enouph u will find many large open wounds given to people by piranhas , many woonds dnt easily stop bleeding....

 

[Zebra]

Gotta be a website where we can find the full episode somewhere. Looks way better then wipe out

I bought Blue Planet and it has the Amazon thing in it.It talks about the pirhanas and BGK as well as lots of other stuff like panaque.

 

[AFelony]

Funny becuase I just read an article not to long ago like someone else mentioned above. You can see below and link as well.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/images/mike_rizzos_finger.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.inkfrog.com/community/showthread.php%3Ft%3D17379%26page%3D3&usg=__DBJwLFiHrKuwOvLtBEfQS5jPrxk=&h=266&w=400&sz=16&hl=en&start=31&um=1&tbnid=7VAyxFoiy35PyM:&tbnh=82&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpiranha%2Bbite%26ndsp%3D21%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D21%26um%3D1

Although widely believed to be one of the most dangerous fish, according to recent research piranhas aren't usually that dangerous, unless you catch them.

However, fishkeeper Mike Rizzo of Michigan suffered a nasty wound when he was moving his pet sub-adult Diamond rhombeus piranha to a new aquarium. The piranha, which is called Markov, tried to jump out of the net on the way to the new tank so Rizzo put out his hand in an attempt to block it. Unfortunately, the startled fish chomped straight into his finger, ripping off the side.

Rizzo told Practical Fishkeeping: "He got a hold of my finger damn well. He bit all the way down into my knuckle and broke the capsule my knuckle is in and chipped a piece of bone off it. The bite also went through the nerves and other stuff in my finger. At first it was extremely painful. I think that a lot of it was due to the initial shock as well as seeing the skin and flesh dangling off and seeing blood literally spurting out as my heat beat, and just forming a large pool on the floor."

 

[AFelony]

Actually this is a better link it shows the actual piranha that bit him. According to article see pic.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/images/rizzo_rhombeus.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php%3Fnews%3D1034&usg=__C_9T00JNrR1CIR--TS87xoVdWoo=&h=250&w=390&sz=25&hl=en&start=142&um=1&tbnid=u2ErRTERLeGN1M:&tbnh=79&tbnw=123&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpiranha%2Bbite%26ndsp%3D21%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D126%26um%3D1

 

[Diogenes]

heres a confirmed case:
http://www.angelfire.com/biz/piranha038/piranha_bites_hobbyist.html

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

Y'all gotta stop posting pics of black rhoms. Everytime i see that amazing body and red eyes I want one.

 

[Diogenes]

Y'all gotta stop posting pics of black rhoms. Everytime i see that amazing body and red eyes I want one.

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